tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post116119529648052246..comments2017-08-17T19:50:29.111-05:00Comments on Second Effort: A serious post about being funny? -- and -- Dish it out, The Curmudgeon can take itThe Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1162211082733887352006-10-30T06:24:00.000-06:002006-10-30T06:24:00.000-06:00I'll confess this is my first time visitng your bl...I'll confess this is my first time visitng your blog, even though I've seen links to it a lot of my personal favorites. I wish I hadn't waited so long. <BR/><BR/>I like the way you compare blogging to the old Vaudeville stage. I can see from my site meter that I've had quite a few heads of lettuce thrown at me. Ah well.. I'll keep going for the few who stick around. :)<BR/><BR/>I like comments, too. Who doesn't??? Especially when it's not on the most recent post. (No, that wasn't a hint.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161445730269398502006-10-21T10:48:00.000-05:002006-10-21T10:48:00.000-05:00I found your blog via Empress Bee who sent an emai...<I>I found your blog via Empress Bee who sent an email yesterday about the Peace Globe effort. I will definitely come back to read more. I like your humor and down-to-earth style. Interesting discussion on <B>why</B> we blog. The best part for me has been finding my own voice and being forced to write daily. Meeting fabulously talented and diverse people from around the world has enhanced my quality of life and caused me to pause and ponder more than once. Of course, I'd love to find a publisher but that is not the essence of my blog addiction. (If you don't believe me, check out doctoranonymous.blogspot.com. He started Bloggers Anonymous!) Just wanted to say thank you for commenting to Bee about the Peace Globe and I hope you will toss that ball through the blogosphere. Have a great day!</I>Mimi Lenoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616635898420835541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161434673385688192006-10-21T07:44:00.000-05:002006-10-21T07:44:00.000-05:00Loved the idea of posting resume on front door and...Loved the idea of posting resume on front door and then complaining about no job offers... I sadly know several people like this... <BR/><BR/>you definitely have the pulse on reality!Where fibers meet mudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519108058760696895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161318374816586752006-10-19T23:26:00.000-05:002006-10-19T23:26:00.000-05:00I used to post my poems on a poetry site where the...I used to post my poems on a poetry site where the whole idea was you were supposed to post poems and review others. I found that three (count 'em, three) people actually did review them. The rest were mostly : <BR/>"Nice poem, thanks for sharing." Or <BR/>"I don't get what you are trying to say here, maybe you could try rhyme next time." (Actually, that just slipped in there, I should run back there and send that to the jerk who said that--see? I CAN rhyme! HA!)<BR/>Then I learned that I would get these reviews, worthless or not so, because the more reviews you posted the quicker you earned actualy awards and titles, like "Poet Laureate." I found I had to leave the site, becasue I really didn't want to say what I really thought about most of the poems there, because it would be too, well, mean.<BR/><BR/>Your blog, however, is very funny. Sometimes I think you use too many words, but then that's what lawyers are trained to do. Besides, look who's talking. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you could try offering rewards, like little medals with your likeness (NOT Kermit's.) Or you could offer to send one of your kids over to shovel snow in return for valid comments.<BR/><BR/>But, really, one other thing? Why does the anti-spam series of letters always end with "fu?" I sort of take it as your own very secure way of commenting on the comments left here.Cynthia Bostwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644391933182360336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161268235043519672006-10-19T09:30:00.000-05:002006-10-19T09:30:00.000-05:00Just a couple of quick things besides thanks all f...Just a couple of quick things besides thanks all for your comments that really didn't reduce me to a mass of quivering jelly -- at least not for long:<BR/><BR/>Angry Medic, I clicked on the link. I wish I'd known about it yesterday; I would have put it in. Wonderful! I've seen your comments elsewhere; I'll make it a point to come over to your blog soon.<BR/><BR/>Mary Anne, you wrote, "<I>I think most of us wonder if we are writing for ourselves or for others. What gives us the most pleasure.</I>" I think on some level everyone who blogs is 'writing for others' -- if <I>all</I> we wanted was a journal, we'd not be out here. I kept a journal, sporadically, years ago, before blogging existed. But I didn't keep it up... maybe because there was no opportunity for feedback in a journal. This is like Landgirl's question: Are you doing this for publication or for conversation? My answer is "yes" -- to both because both interest me. So far the <I>conversation</I> end of it is picking up steam nicely.<BR/><BR/>Oh -- and one more thing -- cmhl, as for the link you were talking about... (*<I>whispered</I>* could you send it to me, please?)The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161261915960215042006-10-19T07:45:00.000-05:002006-10-19T07:45:00.000-05:00I love the spam comments that say, "Love your blog...I love the spam comments that say, "Love your blog, but I didn't really find what I was looking for. But I did find this really great way to grow more hair!"<BR/><BR/>haha..cmhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384906442843414186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161260203316523002006-10-19T07:16:00.000-05:002006-10-19T07:16:00.000-05:00Let me tell you this, you obiviously have some adv...Let me tell you this, you obiviously have some advid readers of your blog, and I loved their comments to you on about this post.<BR/><BR/>I to enjoy your blog. But today I wasn't quite sure where you were going with it. I enjoyed the references with the old comics and comparisons, but wasn't sure what you were getting at until the end. Maybe it has something to with the fact that is it is 0500 in the morning for me and I am still on nightshift. <BR/><BR/>I think most of us wonder if we are writing for ourselves or for others. What gives us the most pleasure. I look at blogging as a form of journaling. If people like what they read great if not...that is ok as well.<BR/><BR/>Those are my thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Have a great daySmalltown RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806734351278128551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161218758275440412006-10-18T19:45:00.000-05:002006-10-18T19:45:00.000-05:00loved, loved, loved your blog. really loved it.and...loved, loved, loved your blog. really loved it.<BR/><BR/>and if you click <A HREF="http://www.absolutelynothing.com" REL="nofollow">here</A>, absolutely nothing will happen!<BR/><BR/>heh. your writings are interesting, and a new perspective on things is always welcome in the blogosphere. and if you really enjoy blogging, then it shouldn't matter to you whether you get approval or not. (you will, of course, if your blog is good, which it is).<BR/><BR/>I'm making like Mother Jones above and adding you to my blogroll.The Angry Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533320347050548304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161205262017632032006-10-18T16:01:00.000-05:002006-10-18T16:01:00.000-05:00Everyone's different, and all of us have different...Everyone's different, and all of us have different taste. Myself, I love your blog, and I'm with Sari, I hold laughing out loud in high esteem; and that happens with almost every post. <BR/>Myself, I do better with short narratives, rather than try to write a novel. I started one, actually, based on my "former life", but the preface is as far as I've gotten. Even if I ever finish it, which is doubtful, it'll be more for a catharsis than for publication. But I enjoy my "burst of daily doings" that I post, and if y'all do too, then so much the better. As for you...keep writing! You paint pictures with your words, Curmudgeon, and your style keeps me entertained and wanting more. <BR/>I'm not a literary agent, but I know what I like to read..which *should* count for something with someone, somewhere...Shelly Franzhttp://www.phenomenal-webmistress.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161204561772662442006-10-18T15:49:00.000-05:002006-10-18T15:49:00.000-05:00sigh... i like it curmie, i really do. why do you...sigh... i like it curmie, i really do. why do you think i come here every day, just to cyber stalk you?<BR/><BR/>i like lots of pictures. i think it shows you took the time to make it attractive. you are good with pictures. yours fit the post perfectly every time.<BR/><BR/>all posts can't be your best. like my columbus day. charlie never says anything bad about me, but he said, well, it wasn't your best one. <BR/><BR/>so i moved on the the south. it seems to be working for awhile but i am nearly ready to move on to another area. i have a few more to do first. i have noticed the comments are down a little.<BR/><BR/>also i usually ask for a comment at the bottom....<BR/><BR/>that's all i've got.....beeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161202883542641422006-10-18T15:21:00.000-05:002006-10-18T15:21:00.000-05:00This made me laugh out loud:"I was so depressed, I...This made me laugh out loud:<BR/><BR/>"I was so depressed, I almost didn't put out fresh résumés out on the front door, even though it rained here yesterday."<BR/><BR/>I hold laughing out loud in high esteem, so good work.<BR/><BR/>I started my blog to help myself get used to writing, and to get used to people reading what I write because I have this idea in my head that that is what I want to do.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how many people other than my family are clicking on my blog. I don't know how many of my visitors are me looking at my blog just one more time, (ha) but I do know that I've talked to people that I wouldn't have talked to before, and that's cool.<BR/><BR/>Also I think my writing has improved. My dad said it has, but he could just be saying that to be nice. But I don't think so, I think it actually is better. So that's good too.sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414399675293248716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161197970587504472006-10-18T13:59:00.000-05:002006-10-18T13:59:00.000-05:00What do you consider your craft? I'm not being che...What do you consider your craft? I'm not being cheeky. The amorphous nature of blogville gives us a lot of freedom but not much in the way of traditions typically associated with a craft. Vaudeville routines were formulaic and in part loved because they were familiar. Are you writing for publication or to have a conversation with interested people? I'm struggling with the same issues with my own blog.landgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135108963761543147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-1161197459461800352006-10-18T13:50:00.000-05:002006-10-18T13:50:00.000-05:00*shimmer!* *shimmer!* *shine!*You're blog is great...*shimmer!* *shimmer!* *shine!*<BR/><BR/>You're blog is great. I love your style and I look forward to your new posts. So no more fetal position for you, young man. Get on your feet, march over to your key board, and keep blogging.<BR/><BR/>I liked your analogy about blogging and Vaudeville. I never thought about it that way, but I think you're on to something.Mother Jones RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720246899451433303noreply@blogger.com